diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 47adea65272c5e1e11a6f017fec6620cd50bb211..510743e3c9f603eafec6484023de2d59ed1e182b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+UNRELEASED (2016-06-23)
+
+    [ipmi] EL package requires (like EL6, EL7 only has available OpenIPMI,
+    and not OpenIPMI-tools (jlent)
+
 release/004.062 (2016-06-03)
 
     [os] Fix references applicable to Oracle Linux
diff --git a/manifests/ipmi.pp b/manifests/ipmi.pp
index 5fb906f1af2f22a9af4a8b05a6ae110f7d01ce1c..498425d2ddfee2dbdd2d961cfce70b344fd66491 100644
--- a/manifests/ipmi.pp
+++ b/manifests/ipmi.pp
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class base::ipmi {
       }
       'RedHat': {
         case $::lsbmajdistrelease {
-          '6': {
+          '6', '7': {
             package { 'OpenIPMI':   ensure => present; }
           }
           default: {